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Exodus 22:25

World English Bible

“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor. You shall not charge him interest.

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Exodus 22:25 in other translations

If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.

Exodus 22:25 · American Standard Version

Exodus 22:25 in context

  1. 23If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
  2. 24and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
  3. 25“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor. You shall not charge him interest.
  4. 26If you take your neighbor’s garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,
  5. 27for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.